childe

¹ American  

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /

noun

Archaic.

1. a youth of noble birth.

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Childe ² American  

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /

noun

1. Vere Gordon 1892–1957, English anthropologist, archaeologist, and writer; born in Australia.

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childe British  

/ tʃaɪld /

noun

1. archaic a young man of noble birth

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Etymology

Origin of childe

Spelling variant of child

Example Sentences

Alnwick ordains “that fro hense forthe ye suffre no seculere persone, woman ne childe, lyg be night in the dormytorye.”

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

"If the childe be mine, faire Ellen," he sayd, "Be mine, as you doe sweare, Then take you Cheshire and Lancashire both, And make that child your heyre."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

And noght to been a wyf, and be with childe.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

Baptized Relictus Dunstane, a childe found in this parisshe.”—St.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.

There is a great moderation to be had in such things as matters of so great moment, to the making or marring of a childe.

From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by Smith, John Thomas